State v. Houx

OPINION

TOUSSAINT, Chief Judge.

This is an expedited appeal from a pretrial bail order. The district court denied appellant James Anthony Houx’s motion to modify the conditions of release by setting money bail at which Houx could obtain pretrial release without nonmonetary conditions. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

Houx has three prior DWI convictions or implied-consent revocations within the past 10 years. After being charged with first-degree driving while impaired (DWI), he made his first appearance on August 22, 2005. The district court set bail at $20,000, with various non-monetary conditions,…